Title
Influence of neutron emission on the charge, mass and kinetic energy distribution of final fragments from<sup>235</sup> u(n<inf>th</inf>, f) reaction
Date Issued
01 August 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
Using a Monte Carlo method we simulate an experiment that measures the mass, charge and kinetic energy of final fragments (after neutron emission) from the235U(nth, f) reaction. As input data for the simulation, for primary fragments (before neutron emission), we assume (i) a distribution of mass and kinetic energy; (ii) an average number of emitted neutron as a decreasing linear function of kinetic energy and (iii) for each mass, a constant yield of charges as a function of kinetic energy, equal to that obtained by W Lang et al for the highest measured kinetic energy window (108.5 MeV) which corresponds to the lowest measured excitation energy, that corresponds to the so called cold fission. The output of the simulation is the distribution of mass, charge and kinetic energy of final fragments. From this output we obtain that, for a given mass, the charge that has the highest yield in cold fission region has a yield obeying an increasing function of kinetic energy in all other region. Conversely, the yield of the less probable charge in cold fission is a decreasing function of kinetic energy in all other region. Our results of simulation suggest that, for two primary isobaric fragmentations with similar Q-value, the preference for more asymmetric charge splits (called Coulomb effect), observed in cold fission, is valid in all region, but neutron emission shadows this property in final fragments distribution.
Volume
2
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física nuclear
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85054157013
Source
Journal of Physics Communications
ISSN of the container
23996528
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